Trying to Avoid HFCS and MSG

i admit it, i have had about six cans of Coca-Cola and one 20oz bottle of Dr. Pepper since the New Year. Mom bought more, i had some, and yesterday i had a huge headache and really wanted caffeine, let's just leave it at that. i've been wondering where else i could get caffeine, cuz sometimes it helps my headaches... do i even want to look up the ingredients that are in a Starbucks Java Chip Frapp?

So last week i went out and bought some Lean Cuisine frozen meals to zap in the microwave at work (instead of eating junk / fast food during my lunch). i'm not a fan of frozen dinners, let alone "diet" ones, but i like Stouffers so i thought i'd give them a try. So on Monday i ate Lean Cuisine BBQ Chicken Pizza for the first time... and i wasn't impressed. The crust and chicken were overdone and tough while the onion were still cold even though they were cut uber small. The sauce tasted completely wrong, too, it was way too sweet. i had better luck Tuesday with the Teriyaki Steak bowl. The sauce was a bit off, but not as disturbing as the bbq: other than that it was pretty good. The pro to these meals is they're super easy (grab a box out of the freezer and head out), have healthier ingredients as far as i can tell, and fill me up while coming it at fewer than 400 calories.

This morning i enjoyed eating the cereal that my mom had bought (i didn't even have to look at the label to know it fulfilled my NYR requirements!). i mixed an organic off-brand cheerio with Peanut Butter Bumpers (something which i usually don't eat, i'm not really into peanut butter that much and it's too strong of a taste alone, but it goes well with the cheerios as it turns out). Their primary sweeteners? "Evaporated Cane Sugar" and "Desulphurated Molasses" respectively (whatever that means!). Anyways, it sounds healthier than High Fructose Mutated Corn (and let's be honest, who really wants sulfur in their cereal to begin with?)!

After work, i had some books to drop off at the library, and got a hankering for Chinese food (the dollar scoop place is on the way). Three scoops for $4.05, always a deal. i've been sooo hungry lately, it must be in reaction to the few days that i was sick in which i didn't feel like eating most of the time. i feel like a Coke, but i didn't give in! i can't remember if the dollar scoop place is MSG free or not, i know the one at the mall is (but they cost a lot more than a buck twenty-five!). idk, too tired to think any more about a post that it took me several days to compile. i meant to write more, take photos in a very Jorge Garcia fashion, but what can i say??? Opening a box of Lean Cuisine while surrounded by three other employees who are also eating their lunches doesn't make me feel like whipping out my cell phone and taking a shot. Really, it doesn't.